Rhymes for Young Ghouls screening on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm at Humber College Lakeshore Campus

The following message is from Kevin Vose-Landivar of the Aboriginal Resource Centre at Humber College Lakeshore Campus: You’re invited to our upcoming Aboriginal Movie Café. We will be screening Rhymes for Young Ghouls on Wednesday May 10th, from 1:30 to 3:30. The event will take place in the Lakeshore Aboriginal Resource Centre, Welcome Centre (Room […]

May, 10, 2016, 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm – Launch of historic photo exhibit at Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre

Click here to access details about From Land to Table photo exhibit launch > Following message is from the Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre: * From Land to Table: Historic photograph exhibit curated by Francis Pereira-Jardine You’re Invited! Launch & Light Reception Wednesday, May 10, 2017 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Third Floor Student Welcome & […]

Extreme Weather precautions (from The Co-operators)

You can access the message here. An excerpt reads: Severe weather may affect your region, with heavy rainfall that could potentially cause flooding, along with heavy winds and thunderstorms. We want to help protect you and your property. Please take the following precautions: 1. If possible and safe to do, move your important possessions to […]

Who was James S. Bell? Can you add more details?

I’ve had an inquiry about who James S. Bell was. I’ve tried to answer as best I can; it’s a topic that students at Lakeshore Collegiate have recently been asking about, as many of them went to James S. Bell Junior Middle School during their elementary school years. If you can add to what I […]

Local Appeal Body will replace OMB in Toronto: Message from Ward 6 Councillor Mark Grimes

Following message is from Councillor Grimes’ Office: Dear Neighbour, City of Toronto creates local appeal body to expedite land use hearings The City of Toronto has established an independent local appeal body to provide quick and efficient hearings on appeals of land use decisions made by the Committee of Adjustment. On May 3, the Toronto […]

Port Credit massive (and yet, human-scale) redevelopment project; more details at 7:00 pm, May 23, 2017 meeting at historic Clarke Memorial Hall

A TOPCA (Town of Port Credit) tweet of April 30, 2017 notes: TOWN HALL MTG: Tues May 23 @ 7-9pm, Clarke Hall. “On Our Watch” re: Waterfront plans at fmr Imperial Oil & Marina lands #PortCredit. Click here to access the Town of Port Credit website > Torontoist article highlights Port Credit redevelopment project A May […]

April 19, 2017 Air Traffic Noise meeting follow-up: April 28, 2017 message from Kathryn Hanford, Manager, GTAA Community Outreach

Click here for previous posts about air traffic noise > The following message is from Kathryn Hanford, Manager, Community Outreach, Greater Toronto Airports Authority. To ensure that site visitors can find the links readily, I have made the links more prominent, than they are in the original email. I have added the images, that you […]

Public Event: Thursday, May 11, 2017 – Reconstructing the Six Points Interchange – A New Etobicoke Centre

Check here for details: Overview – Six Points Interchange Reconfiguration – Construction …   A previous post is entitled: May 2, 2015 Jane’s Walks: (1) Spaghetti Junction – The Farewell Tour; (2) New Toronto – Then and Now A March 1, 2017 CBC article is entitled: “City poised to redevelop Etobicoke’s ‘spaghetti’ junction: Design, welcomed by […]

Press report regarding Brown University research has some serious problems

Hal Roth of Brown University has shared a comment (please see below) regarding the previous version of the current post. He wrote: I am a co-author of the above study. The Press summary of the study is seriously erroneous and incredibly oversimplified. The Study did NOT conclude that men were not affected by studying mindfulness […]

MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke Centre) spoke most eloquently at the April 19, 2017 GTAA Air Traffic Noise meeting

A previous post is entitled: Message from Lakeshore Planning Council regarding air traffic noise in Markland Woods, Alderwood, and Long Branch I attended part of the April 19, 2017 Community Environment and Noise Advisory Committee (CENAC) meeting at the GTAA Administration Building at 3111 Convair Drive in Mississauga. The previous post (above) features key information […]